All you had to do was yell either John or Don and you'd be correct. Getting everyone's names straight can be confusing enough while traipsing through cornfields and cover looking for ringneck pheasants. Everyone is dressed in brown and blaze orange and carries a shotgun. Add four hunters named John and two named Don. Four of the Johns loved pheasant hunting in Brown County last year and added two more hunters to the crew this year. The addition of two Dons increased the fun. Jon Hitt and his father-in-law, Don Roe of Wichita, Kan., were the only hunters who stayed true to their names. Others had specific nicknames to keep everyone straight. John Huffman, Lake Geneva, Wis., was Jack. His father, John Huffman, from Gaylord, Minn., was Grandpa John. John Engerman, Lake Geneva, Wis., was John E. Don Schornack of Enemy Swim Lake was Uncle Don. We love hunting South Dakota because of the great hunting and hospitality, said Jon Hitt of Des Moines, Iowa. We saw lots of birds and no other hunters. The accompanying hunting dogs were the brilliant ones. They kept their own names, and no one had them confused. Hitt's Brittany is Charlie, and John Jack Huffman had Molly, a yellow lab. This was the second trip to South Dakota for both canines, and they loved it, too. Northern Brown County still held much tall unpicked corn, making the weekend's hunt challenging. Friday was a classic South Dakota pheasant hunting day, nice, sunny and almost too hot. Dogs needed frequent water breaks, as did humans. Birds held tight in the corn, rushes and grassy cover, but a few found their way into coolers. We love hunting real roosters in South Dakota, said John Jack Huffman. It's the challenge of wild birds and hunting where the origin of the species began. Rain and cool weather greeted us on Saturday, but did not dampen hunters' spirits. Birds held tighter, but shotguns still boomed over the prairie. A few ringnecks met their demise as they flew out of cornfields and sloughs. The Johns and Dons also experienced and were successful at traditional South Dakota road hunting. Road hunting these wild birds was great, said John Jack Huffman. Wild birds are much more difficult to hunt. As I played hunting chauffeur from field to field, the opportunity to hear Grandpa John's past hunting stories was a special treat. It's the frivolity and camaraderie that made this hunt so much fun, Don Schornack said.